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Lebanese demonstrators before the building where ministers are meeting (Photo: EUobserver)

EU ministers divided over ceasefire call

EU foreign ministers are divided on whether to call for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and islamist Hezbollah fighters ahead of crisis talks on the matter in Brussels on Tuesday.

The divisions on what line to take, following almost three weeks of fighting in the Middle East, were clear before the ministers even formally sat down to the meeting.

Asked whether she expected to agree to a common call for an immediate ceasefire, UK foreign minister Margaret Beckett told reporte...

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Lebanese demonstrators before the building where ministers are meeting (Photo: EUobserver)

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